Complete recovery of consciousness in a patient with decorticate rigidity following cardiac arrest after thoracic epidural injection

British Journal of Anaesthesia

Volumn 85, Issue 4, 2000, Pages 632-634

  Taga, K ^a   Tomita, M ^a   Watanabe, I ^a   Sato, K ^a   Awamori, K ^a   Fujihara, H ^a   Shimoji, K ^a  

^a NIIGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Anaesthetic techniques; Cardiac arrest; Complications; Hypothermia; Thoratic epidural

Indexed keywords

BARBITURIC ACID DERIVATIVE; BUPIVACAINE; DEXAMETHASONE; GLYCEROL; LIDOCAINE; THIAMYLAL;

ADULT; APNEA; ARTICLE; ARTIFICIAL VENTILATION; BODY POSTURE; BURN; CASE REPORT; CONSCIOUSNESS; DECEREBRATION; DYSESTHESIA; EGO DEVELOPMENT; ESOPHAGUS; HEART ARREST; HERPES ZOSTER; HOSPITAL DISCHARGE; HUMAN; HYPOTHERMIA; MALE; MENTAL DISEASE; MOTOR DYSFUNCTION; MYDRIASIS; OUTPATIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RESUSCITATION; SENSATION; TEMPERATURE; THORAX; THORAX EPIDURAL ANESTHESIA; TREATMENT OUTCOME; UNCONSCIOUSNESS; VENTILATOR; WARMING; WEANING;

EID: 0033807108     PISSN: 00070912     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/bja/85.4.632     Document Type: Article

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